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Daily w Trojan
Volume LXX, Number 31
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, November 2, 1976
TENNIS ANYONE—This little dog loitered around the Student Union Thursday in search of a partner for mixed doubles. With an offer like this one, who could refuse? DT photo by Patty Cox.
Campus polling places listed
This is election day and many students will be voting in their first presidential election.
For those who have registered to vote usingtheir campus address, the following is a list of nearby polling places.
Residents of Harris Plaza. Men's West, Touton Hall, Trojan Hall or Webb Tower will vote at the Institute of Religion at 1002 W. 36th St.
Residents of Cardinal Gardens or Troy View apartments will vote at a private residence at 1140 W. 30th St.
Birnkrant. College-University, Marks Hall. Marks Tower or Elizabeth von KleinSmid Hall residents will vote at 635 W. 35th St.
People who live within the boundaries of 27th Street, University Avenue. 30th Street and Figueroa Street, which includes 28th Street east of University Avenue, will vote at the University Church at 3207 University Ave.
Those who live within the boundaries of Jefferson Boulevard, Figueroa Street, 30th Street and Hoover Boulevard will also vote at the church.
People who live within the boundaries of Adams Boulevard. Hoover Boulevard. 30th Street and University Avenue, which includes 28th Street west of University Avenue, will vote at a private residence at 2636 Severance St.
More information may be obtained by calling the Los Angeles County Clerk’s office at 974-6776.
Police reduce charges in accident near Row
Felony hit-and-run charges against a man involved ir^ an auto accident near the Row Thursday night have been reduced to misdemeanor hit-and-run, said Walter W. Wall, a sergeant in the South Traffic Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. v Reyes Vega was arrested following the two-car accident at the intersection of 30th Street and University Avenue.
Misdemeanor drunk driving charges against Vega are pending the results of a blood test, Wall said.
Vega and Jaime Leon, a passenger in the 1967 yellow Buick driven by Vega, were released Friday morning from the County-USC Medical Center. The extent of their injuries was not revealed.
Whitney Lawrence, a junior in drama, was the driver of the other car. He sustained minor facial cuts and was treated privately.
Officers at the scene determined that Vega had run the stop sign at the intersection. K.E. Holding, a LAPD officer at the scene, estimated Vega’s speed at 45 to 50 miles per hour.
Vega continued west on 30th Street, striking an unoccupied Honda Civic owned by Linda Ackley, a student.
After the Buick came to a stop, Vega staggered from the car toward the Caribbean apartment building at 935 W. 30th St. He was overtaken by several members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in the back of the apartment building, said Bill Allen, a fraternity member.
Broken beer bottles were found in the Buick and may have been a factor in the accident, Holding said.
Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to contact the South Traffic Division of the LAPD at 831-9211, extension 312.
Body found may be that of missing journalism alum
A body believed to be one of the four missing persons from the plane carrying Russell Ward, president of the Journalism Alumni Assn., was found Friday in the Chesapeake Bay. No positive identification has been made.
The body was sighted floating in the same area where the plane was lost, said Fred Simpson, a lieutenant in the Coast Guard s Search and Rescue Division in Portsmouth, Va.
The body is now in custody of the Norfolk medical examiner. Positive identification is expected within 48 hours, after fingerprints and dental records have been checked, Simpson said.
The search for the other persons was suspended Sunday night.
The search had previously involved rescue units from the'Air Force, Navy and Army as well as the Coast Guard. Nine
planes and several small boats participated in the search, which covered nearly
2,000 square miles, Simpson said.
Ward, 57, was on vacation with his wife Vivian when the Piper Cherokee they were on was lost Oct. 20 near ISiewport News, Va.
The craft was on its final approach to the Patrick Henry Airport when it disappeared from radar screens at 8:08 p.m. (EDT) while over Chesapeake Bay.
Nita Whaley was named the new president ofthe Journalism Alumni Assn. at an emergency meeting Oct. 27.
Whaley, 36, is a 1961 graduate of the School of Journalism. She has been a member of the board of the association for nine years and has been first vice-president since the summer of 1975.
Memorial services for Ward and his wife are still pending.
Students favor Ford, small sample shows
Will apathy play into Ford's hands?
A majority of USC students will vote for the reelection of President Gerald R. Ford in today's election if a random sampling of 35 students can be considered representative.
In the group sampled, 29 of the 35 plan to vote.
President Ford is the choice of 62*7r of those queried. Gov. Jimmy Carter holds 34% and 39c <one student) is voting for Eugene McCarthy,an independent candidate.
Ford's 28^r lead does not necessarily attest to his popularity as a leader; most of the students who said they are planning to vote for him are doing so because they do not trust Carter.
“Carter’s running is different than Carter in office would be,” said Charles Thompson, a junior in business. “He's trying to be everything to everybody and is just saying things to get votes.”
On the other hand, David Rosenbaum. a junior in journalism, sees a Carter presidency as an asset.
“I feel Carter would make a better president than Ford because he would get along better with Congress,” Rosenbaum said.
One student said Carter has changed positions on major issues so often—especially during the primary campaign this summer — that he has no credibility at all.
Other students who see Ford as the “lesser of two evils” said their deci-
sions were based on Carter’s lack of experience or his record during his term as governor of Georgia.
Carole Tuttle, a senior in gerentol-ogy, said she plans to vote for Ford be-
cause,” Carter fouled up everything in Georgia and would do the same in Washington.”
Tuttle added she was voting for Ford because, “His past record as president
indicates that with four more years in the White House, he might be able to complete the work he has begun” in the fields of employment and financial affairs.
Margo Smith, a junior in journalism, said she is voting for Ford because he adequately performs what she feels is the main duty of the office—being a figurehead.
“He doesn’t make the laws, Congress does. He only approves or vetoes legislation, and Congress can override his decisions if it wants to. Rather, he is an important public functionary and looking at it from that angle I think Ford is doing a better job than Carter would,” Smith said.
Richard Dean, a senior in business, said Ford has earned his vote because of the good job he has already done.
“I positively don’t want Carter,” Dean said. “There’s a definite analogy that can be drawn between him and George McGovern. Both made promises they can’t keep. Ford has been a strong leader and will probably continue in the same way.”
Ofthe six who said they were not voting, three indicated they were not state residents, and, as one put it, “Filing an absentee ballot is too much of a hassle.”
Another said he didn’t want any part in the election, because he doesn’t like Ford or Carter. The other two said they didn’t care about the outcome of the election.

Daily w Trojan
Volume LXX, Number 31
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, November 2, 1976
TENNIS ANYONE—This little dog loitered around the Student Union Thursday in search of a partner for mixed doubles. With an offer like this one, who could refuse? DT photo by Patty Cox.
Campus polling places listed
This is election day and many students will be voting in their first presidential election.
For those who have registered to vote usingtheir campus address, the following is a list of nearby polling places.
Residents of Harris Plaza. Men's West, Touton Hall, Trojan Hall or Webb Tower will vote at the Institute of Religion at 1002 W. 36th St.
Residents of Cardinal Gardens or Troy View apartments will vote at a private residence at 1140 W. 30th St.
Birnkrant. College-University, Marks Hall. Marks Tower or Elizabeth von KleinSmid Hall residents will vote at 635 W. 35th St.
People who live within the boundaries of 27th Street, University Avenue. 30th Street and Figueroa Street, which includes 28th Street east of University Avenue, will vote at the University Church at 3207 University Ave.
Those who live within the boundaries of Jefferson Boulevard, Figueroa Street, 30th Street and Hoover Boulevard will also vote at the church.
People who live within the boundaries of Adams Boulevard. Hoover Boulevard. 30th Street and University Avenue, which includes 28th Street west of University Avenue, will vote at a private residence at 2636 Severance St.
More information may be obtained by calling the Los Angeles County Clerk’s office at 974-6776.
Police reduce charges in accident near Row
Felony hit-and-run charges against a man involved ir^ an auto accident near the Row Thursday night have been reduced to misdemeanor hit-and-run, said Walter W. Wall, a sergeant in the South Traffic Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. v Reyes Vega was arrested following the two-car accident at the intersection of 30th Street and University Avenue.
Misdemeanor drunk driving charges against Vega are pending the results of a blood test, Wall said.
Vega and Jaime Leon, a passenger in the 1967 yellow Buick driven by Vega, were released Friday morning from the County-USC Medical Center. The extent of their injuries was not revealed.
Whitney Lawrence, a junior in drama, was the driver of the other car. He sustained minor facial cuts and was treated privately.
Officers at the scene determined that Vega had run the stop sign at the intersection. K.E. Holding, a LAPD officer at the scene, estimated Vega’s speed at 45 to 50 miles per hour.
Vega continued west on 30th Street, striking an unoccupied Honda Civic owned by Linda Ackley, a student.
After the Buick came to a stop, Vega staggered from the car toward the Caribbean apartment building at 935 W. 30th St. He was overtaken by several members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in the back of the apartment building, said Bill Allen, a fraternity member.
Broken beer bottles were found in the Buick and may have been a factor in the accident, Holding said.
Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to contact the South Traffic Division of the LAPD at 831-9211, extension 312.
Body found may be that of missing journalism alum
A body believed to be one of the four missing persons from the plane carrying Russell Ward, president of the Journalism Alumni Assn., was found Friday in the Chesapeake Bay. No positive identification has been made.
The body was sighted floating in the same area where the plane was lost, said Fred Simpson, a lieutenant in the Coast Guard s Search and Rescue Division in Portsmouth, Va.
The body is now in custody of the Norfolk medical examiner. Positive identification is expected within 48 hours, after fingerprints and dental records have been checked, Simpson said.
The search for the other persons was suspended Sunday night.
The search had previously involved rescue units from the'Air Force, Navy and Army as well as the Coast Guard. Nine
planes and several small boats participated in the search, which covered nearly
2,000 square miles, Simpson said.
Ward, 57, was on vacation with his wife Vivian when the Piper Cherokee they were on was lost Oct. 20 near ISiewport News, Va.
The craft was on its final approach to the Patrick Henry Airport when it disappeared from radar screens at 8:08 p.m. (EDT) while over Chesapeake Bay.
Nita Whaley was named the new president ofthe Journalism Alumni Assn. at an emergency meeting Oct. 27.
Whaley, 36, is a 1961 graduate of the School of Journalism. She has been a member of the board of the association for nine years and has been first vice-president since the summer of 1975.
Memorial services for Ward and his wife are still pending.
Students favor Ford, small sample shows
Will apathy play into Ford's hands?
A majority of USC students will vote for the reelection of President Gerald R. Ford in today's election if a random sampling of 35 students can be considered representative.
In the group sampled, 29 of the 35 plan to vote.
President Ford is the choice of 62*7r of those queried. Gov. Jimmy Carter holds 34% and 39c